BILL NUMBER: SB 251	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   689
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 6, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 16, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 6, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 29, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 19, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Knight and Alpert

                        JANUARY 27, 1999

   An act to amend Section 32320 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 251, Knight.  Public postsecondary education:  children of
deceased or disabled veterans.
   Existing law prohibits any state-owned college, university,
community college, or other school from charging any tuition or fees
to certain dependents or survivors of veterans, including any child
of any veteran of the United States military who has a
service-connected disability, has been killed in service, or has died
of a service-connected disability, where the annual income of the
child, including the value of any support received from a parent,
does not exceed $7,000.
   This bill would instead provide that the maximum income of a child
who would not be charged mandatory systemwide tuition or fees under
this provision would be the national poverty level, as defined, as
most recently calculated by the Bureau of the Census of the United
States Department of Commerce, rather than $7,000.
   The bill would provide that the waiver of mandatory systemwide
tuition or fees under these provisions would apply for each academic
year during which a student applies for the waiver, and not apply for
a prior academic year.  The bill would also provide that the waiver
of mandatory systemwide tuition or fees under these provisions would
apply only to a person who is determined, pursuant to existing law,
to be a resident of California.
   The bill would provide that none of its provisions would apply to
the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of
the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make a
provision applicable.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 32320 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   32320.  (a) No state-owned college, university, community college,
or other school shall charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or
fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential
fees, or incidental fees, to any of the following:
   (1) Any dependent eligible to receive assistance under Article 2
(commencing with Section 890) of Chapter 4 of Division 4 of the
Military and Veterans Code.
   (2) (A) Any child of any veteran of the United States military who
has a service-connected disability, has been killed in service, or
has died of a service-connected disability, where the annual income
of the child, including the value of any support received from a
parent, does not exceed the national poverty level as defined in
subdivision (c).
   (B) Notwithstanding Section 893 of the Military and Veterans Code,
the Department of Veterans Affairs may determine the eligibility for
fee waivers for a child described in subparagraph (A).
   (3) Any dependent, or surviving spouse who has not remarried, of
any member of the California National Guard who, in the line of duty,
and while in the active service of the state, was killed, died of a
disability resulting from an event that occurred while in the active
service of the state, or is permanently disabled as a result of an
event that occurred while in the active service of the state.  For
the purposes of this paragraph, "active service of the state" refers
to a member of the California National Guard activated pursuant to
Section 146 of the Military and Veterans Code.
   (b) A person who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under
this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during
which he or she applies for that waiver, but an eligible person may
not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.
   (c) As used in this section, the "national poverty level" is the
poverty threshold for one person, as most recently calculated by the
Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce.
   (d) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply
only to a person who is determined to be a resident of California
pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.
   (e) This section shall not apply to a dependent of a veteran
within the meaning of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 890
of the Military and Veterans Code.
   (f) No provision of this section shall apply to the University of
California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of
California, by appropriate resolution, make that provision
applicable.
